Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. Absurd Claims 11
5. Relations, Properties and Particulars 17
6. Predication Theory: Classical vs Modern 55
7. Bareness, as in ‘“Bare” Particulars’: Its Ubiquity 81
8. Objects as Hierarchical Structures: A Comprehensive Ontology 113
9. The Ontological Problem of Order 149
10. On the Transitivity of the Parthood Relations 161
11. Warum es die Früher-Später Beziehung nicht gibt 183
12. Tropes and Relations 203
13. Once More: Bradleyan Regresses 219
14. Backmatter 257